First Shekhawat ministry

First Shekhawat ministry
Ministry of Rajasthan
Date formed22 June 1977
Date dissolved16 February 1980
People and organisations
Raghukul Tilak
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Member party
Janata Party
Status in legislature
Majority government
History
PredecessorHari Dev Joshi ministry
SuccessorJagannath Pahadia ministry

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat became Chief Minister of Rajasthan thrice. First time in 1977 when Janata Party won 151 of the 200 seats in the state assembly elections of Rajasthan and Shekhawat took over as the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Rajasthan. His government was dismissed by Indira Gandhi in 1980. He was chief minister again for the periods of 1990–1992 and 1993 to 1998. Here is the list of ministers in his first ministry (1977–80).[1]

Council of ministers

Name Office Took office Left office Party
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Chief Minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Prof Kedar Nath Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Sampat Ram Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Master Adityendra Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Trilok Chandra Jain Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Digvijay Singh Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Purushottam Mantri Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Surya Narain Chaudhary Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Bhanwar Lal Sharma (politician) Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Manak Chand Surana Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Kalyan Singh Kalvi Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Dr Hari Singh Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Jai Narayan Poonia Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Birad Mal Singhvi Cabinet minister 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Mangal Ram Koli Minister of State 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Vidya Pathak Minister of State 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Mehboob Ali Minister of State 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Kailash Meghwal Minister of State 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Vigyan Modi Minister of State 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Nand Lal Meena Minister of State 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party
Lal Chand Minister of State 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 Janata Party

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